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Monday, July 28, 2008

Bleeding Heartland: Please tell me this is someone's idea of a joke

I've written before that I think it would be a huge mistake for BarackObama to select any Republican for a running mate. The next presidentwill appoint at least two and perhaps four Supreme Court justices.Obama is a longtime smoker with a family history of cancer. I don'twant any Republican in line to inherit the presidency. And I'vewritten that I think it would backfire for him to choose a woman otherthan Hillary Clinton for vice president. Not that I have anythingagainst Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius (I would give her seriousconsideration if she ran for president someday). But I agree with aMyDD commenter who wrote that for Obama to pick Sebelius or MissouriSenator Claire McCaskill would be like Hillary picking Harold Ford asa running mate if she had won the nomination.